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PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907;

M. W. GOOLBAUGH.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 1906.

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MOSES W. COOLBAUGH, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed November 19. 1906. Serial No. 344,057.

To In whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that 1, Moses 7. COOLBA UGI-I, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Bins, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing abin embodying the features of my i11- vention located inside of acasing. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the casing with the front wall ofthe bin removed. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the binopened; and Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the bin.

This invention relates to bins for holding flour, sugar, and variousother kinds of material.

One object of .my invention is to provide a bin which :is so constructedthat when it is pulled out its front end will not drop down and thusdisplace or shift the material therein.

Another object of my invention is to provide a bin which upon beingmoved outwardly a short distance will continue to move forwardlygradually in an approximately horizontal plane and come to rest withouta sudden shock or jar.

Other desirable features of my invention will be hereinafter pointedout.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the preferred form of myinvention, 1 designates a casing in which the bin is located. Rollers 2are carried bythe sides 3 of the bin adjacent the upper rear cornersthereof, and said rollers are adapted to travel on tracks or supportingmembers 4, secured to the inner faces of the sides of the casing 1, thecasing being also provided with members at, extending parallel to themembers 41. At the front of said casing are rollers 5, which are carriedby brackets 6, fastened to the inner faces of the sides of the casing,as shown in Fig. 2, and also in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and The sides ofthe bin are provided with tracks 7, which rest on the rollers 5, andsaid tracks are preferably of the form shown in Fig. t, wherein it willbe seen that the lower edges of the tracks curve upwardly at S and thenincline dowmvardly toward. the front ends of the tracks, which arecurved upwardly or rounded off at 9.

The tracks 7 are located. adjacent the upper edges of the sides 3 of thebin, and when the bin is closed, as shown in .Fig. 1, the up- \\"&1(ll011I'\ 'G(l portions 9 at the front ends of the track will rest on therollers 5, and thus retain the bin in its closed position.

\Vhen the bin is pulled forwardly, the curved portions 9 of the trackswill ride upwardly on the rollers 5 until the deepest portions of saidtracks (indicated by the reference character 10) have passed over thesaid rollers, the upper edges of the sides of the bin being cut away at11. to permit the front end of the bin to raise slightly. After thedeepest portion of said tracks have passed over the rollers 5 the binwill move forwardly gradually and in an approximately horizontal plane,due to the fact that the lower edgesof the track incline downwardly fromthe curved portion 8 to the point 10, and when said curved portions 8come into engagement with the rollers 5 the bin will come to rest, theupper edge of the rear end of the bin coming in contact with the member4, as shown in Fig.

By constructing a bin in this manner there is no liability of the frontend of the bin dropping down, and thus shifting or displacing thecontents of the bin as the bin moves outwardly in anapproximatelyhorizontalplane. Moreover, as the bin comes to rest withouta sudden shock or jar there is no danger of wrenching or tearing looseany part of the bin or casing.

If it is desired to remove the bin from the casing, this can beaccomplished by simply raising the front end of the bin slightly afterthe curved portions 8 of the tracks have come in contact with therollers 5 and then continuing the forward movement of the bin. This alsois a very desirable feature of my bin, as it enables the bin to be takenout of the casing without removing any stops or similar devices fordetermining the position which the bin normally occupies when it isopen.

I have herein shown the bin as being provided with a curved bottom 12;but, if desired, it could have a flat or level bottom, as the particularshape or form of the bottom of the bin is immaterial so far as myinvention is concerned, as said bottom does not come in contact with anyportion of the casing 1.

Preferably the rear ends of the tracks 7 are rabbeted out and therollers 2 are located in these cut-out portions, so that they will notbe liable to be broken off.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a casing provided at its front end withsupporting devices, a bin located inside of said casing, and tracksconnected to the sides of said bin which rest on the supporting devicesof the casing, the lower edges of said tracks being inclined downwardlyfrom a point adjacent their centers to their front ends so that when thebin is pulled forwardly slightly it will gradually move into its openposition in an approximately horizontal plane and come to rest without ashock or jar substantially as described.

2. In combination with a casing provided with supports, a bin locatedinside of said casing and having members at the upper edges of its sideswhich rest on the supports of the casing, tracks connected to the sidesof the bin adjacent the upper edges thereof, and cooperating supportingdevices on the casing, the lower edges of said tracks curving upwardlyadjacent the middle of the tracks and thence downwardly toward the frontends of the tracks which are curved upwardly so that after the bin hasbeen pulled outwardly a short distance it will move forwardly in anapproximately horizontal plane and come to v rest without a shock or arand when it is pushed inwardly it will be locked in its closed positionagainst accidental displacement;

substantially as described.

3. In combination with a casing provided with supports at its front end,a bin located inside of said casing, tracks connected to the sides ofthe bin adjacent the upper edges thereof for traveling on said supports,the lower edges of said tracks inclining downwardly from the centertoward the end of the tracks and the ends of the tracks being curvedupwardly, and means for supporting the rear end of the bin substantiallyas described.

4. In combination with a casing provided with tracks, a bin locatedinside of said cas ing, devices connected to the sides of the bin at theupper rear corners thereof for resting on said tracks, supportingmembers located adjacent the front of the casing, and tracks securedtothe sides of the bin adjacent the upper edges thereof for resting onsaid supporting members, the lower edges of said tracks curving upwardlyat approximately the middle of the tracks and thence downwardly towardthe front ends of the tracks which are curved upwardly; substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 12th day of November, 1906.

MOSES W. COOLBAUGH.

' Witnesses WELLs L. CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL.

